Chapter 240 Blacklisting
On the large screen in the center, an equity chart lit up.
The image clearly showed that New Trends Clothing Company had invested fifty million, all of which came from Yang Long and Hong Tai Yang Garment Factory.
This meant that although Liu Xuhui was the person in charge of New Trends Clothing Company, its ownership actually belonged entirely to the Yang family.
Upon seeing this equity chart, the entire venue erupted in discussion.
"Holy crap, is this chart real or fake? So New Trends Clothing Company was actually invested in by Hong Tai Yang."
"It must be real! Think about who just came on stage. It was Yang Long and Liu Xuhui."
"Liu Xuhui is the general manager of New Trends Clothing Company, and the reason Yang Long went on stage is because he's the actual boss behind New Trends Company!"
"So, that means Hong Tai Yang Garment Company is also suspected of plagiarism."
"I remember this Yang Long was a designer himself, right?"
"He's knowingly breaking the law this time. He himself didn't dare to directly copy that design drawing, so he brought Liu Xuhui in, let Liu Xuhui manage New Trends Company, and allowed New Trends Clothing Company to plagiarize ideas!"
"Birds of a feather flock together, birds of a feather!"
"We must boycott such a trash company, we must bring down these scum of the design world, otherwise our domestic garment companies will never rise."
Soon, countless spectators in the stadium became agitated, waving their fists and protesting to the judges.
"We must severely punish New Trends Clothing Company and Hong Tai Yang Garment Company, and disqualify all personnel suspected of plagiarism and copying from the competition."
"Give originality a clear sky."
The host was also stunned at this point. He had absolutely not expected things to turn around so suddenly, with the third-place entry being suspected of plagiarism, and the second-place entry involved in investment plagiarism.
Two scumbags out of the top three!
At this moment, Han Wenqing, holding a microphone on stage, continued, "This competition today has opened my eyes. I also hope that the judges, the host, and all the organizers of this competition will severely punish the plagiarists."
"Furthermore, I announce here that I will be completely resigning from my position as Dean of the Design School at Jinling University in one month."
"I will also step down from my professorship. I am not fit to teach and nurture people, to be a professor, or a mentor in the design world."
"However, before I step down, I would like to sincerely invite Miss Liu Ran to give a three-day lecture at our Jinling University Design School."
"Our Design School is willing to offer a high fee to invite Miss Liu over."
"Of course, I believe Miss Liu does not value money. Therefore, if Miss Liu is willing, Jinling University is willing to hire Miss Liu as an honorary professor, a visiting professor, to inject new vitality into our Design School."
"I hope Miss Liu will agree. Thank you!"
The microphone was then returned to the host.
The host, also stunned, quickly said, "Everyone, due to the suddenness of these events, I need to discuss the next decisions with the management and the judges."
Afterward, the host quickly walked off stage with the microphone. The entire venue was in an uproar.
The competition was supposed to be nearing its end, and everyone was hungry, their stomachs rumbling, their chests sticking to their backs. But now, with so much drama unfolding, everyone immediately perked up, and they were all watching and waiting for the next decision.
Not long after, the host returned to the stage and announced, "Next, I declare the judges' decision. The judges have decided to disqualify New Trends Clothing Company, the third-place entry, and reserve the right to pursue legal action against Mr. Liu Xuhui."
"Furthermore, all designers from New Trends Clothing Company will be blacklisted from the design industry and will be prohibited from participating in any design competitions in the future."
"Additionally, Hong Tai Yang Garment Factory, the second-place entry, is disqualified from the competition. Mr. Yang Long's designer degree and status are revoked, and all colleagues are called upon to jointly blacklist Hong Tai Yang Garment Company."
"Meanwhile, Taihu Garment Factory and Jin Jian Garment Factory, ranked fourth and fifth respectively, will be promoted to second and third place. The awards ceremony will now officially begin."
As the host's words fell, Yang Long, standing by the side, his face turned dark, and he sat down on the ground with a thud.
He had not expected this outcome.
He had originally thought he had successfully secured second and third place and become the biggest winner. But now, not only was New Trends Properties Company, the clothing company, completely blacklisted and shut down, but even the Hong Tai Yang Garment Factory he managed was implicated.
He knew that Hong Tai Yang Garment Factory was the core industry of his Yang family. His father had entrusted this garment factory to him to manage, to showcase his abilities and bring happiness to the Yang family. But now, everything was ruined.
Yang Long's face turned pale. At this moment, Liu Xin walked over.
Liu Xin said indignantly, "This is too much, way too much! Husband, how can these bookworms be so excessive in their actions? We just picked up a design drawing!"
"We just redrew a few pictures of the design!"
"Why are they relentlessly pursuing us! These bastards are going too far."
"Husband, we don't need to pay attention to them. This competition is a small one. Even if they don't give us second place, we can still sell well. Our clothes are already popular, what are we afraid of!"
Hearing Liu Xin's words, the anger in Yang Long's heart surged again.
He suddenly turned and glared at Liu Xin, shouting impatiently, "Get lost! You caused this trouble this time. If you hadn't stolen the design drawing from Liu Ran, would it have turned into this? Get lost, let me have some peace."
Liu Xin's eyes immediately turned red upon hearing Yang Long yell at her.
She stood up abruptly, grabbed Yang Long's hair, and said indignantly, "You ungrateful wretch, I stole the design drawing for you, for your garment factory that was also participating in the competition! Now that you've lost, you're blaming me?"
"You weren't like this when we were secretly together before. I was already married to Chen Yang, and you kept pursuing me, always saying you would marry me, asking me to divorce, and that you would take care of me for the rest of my life and always treat me well, but what about now?"
"I'm already pregnant, and I've been working tirelessly for your career, and you're yelling at me? You're a scumbag."
As Liu Xin spoke, she kept pulling at Yang Long's hair.
Yang Long was already impatient, and now hearing Liu Xin's words, he directly pushed her to the ground. Yang Long turned away angrily and strode away.
He regretted not realizing sooner that Liu Ran was such a shrew.
Back then, Liu Xin was with Chen Yang, she was Chen Yang's wife. He had secretly dated Liu Xin, finding it endlessly enjoyable and exciting.
But now that they were truly married, Yang Long found that this woman's flaws were only increasing.
Yang Long snorted impatiently and strode away. He turned off his phone and drove straight to a nightclub.
Tonight, he didn't want to answer anyone's calls. He just wanted to indulge himself completely.